to fasten or set firmly in or on, esp. by inserting or piercing
to fix firmly in the mind; instill; implant
to place (an infix) within a word
noun
Linguis. a morpheme that is added within a word (Ex.: -o- in gemology)
See infix in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĭn-fĭksˈ)
transitive verbin·fixed, in·fix·ing, in·fix·es
To fix in the mind; instill.
Linguistics To insert (a morphological element) into the body of a word.
noun Linguistics(ĭnˈfĭksˌ)
An inflectional or derivational element appearing in the body of a word. For example, in Tagalog, the active verb sulat “write” can be converted to a passive, “written,” by inserting the infix -in-, yielding sinulat.